Case Keenum will start at quarterback Sunday for the Texans against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Reliant Stadium.

“I’m going to prepare this week to be better than I was last week. … If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse. So I’m going to keep getting better,” Keenum said Monday.

He added: “I expect to start every week and I’m going to prepare the same way.”

Matt Schaub will serve as the Texans’ backup.

“Matt is the same every day,” Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. “He wants to play. He wants to get back out there and play on a regular basis. That’s been no different from that standpoint. It just would have been nice if we could have finished the deal (Sunday).”

Kubiak informed Keenum and Schaub about the decision Monday. Keenum initially declined to discuss the move and only spoke about the decision after Kubiak informed the media during his weekly press conference.

“Case will start. I’ve got total confidence in him,” Kubiak said. “As I told you guys (Sunday), I made a decision during the course of the game with something that I was fixing to go do in the fourth quarter that I thought that would be very difficult on a young player. So that’s why I put Matt in there and he got us in position to win. But no, Case will start. I’ve talked to both of them.”

Kubiak doesn’t regret the decision to insert Schaub late during the third quarter in a 28-23 home loss to Oakland. However, Kubiak stated he’s comfortable with Keenum running the team’s two-minute hurry-up offense and has full faith in the young quarterback’s ability to lead the Texans in key game situations.

“The only thing I thought about was they needed to be quiet and let our offense work,” Keenum said. “I know obviously everybody has their opinion about different things. I’m not saying anything negative about anybody. But at our home place, when we have to go silent when we’re on offense at our home stadium, that’s not a very good deal.”

Kubiak acknowledged the situation only affected the Texans’ offense on a few plays. But, like Keenum, the eighth-year coach said his team should never have to go to a silent count inside its own stadium just because home fans are booing.

“I did not notice that because I was up in the booth,” Kubiak said. “But that’s never been a problem here. We shouldn’t have to do that.”

Keenum took over starting duties for an Oct. 20 road contest against Kansas City. The former University of Houston star has completed 55.6 percent (70-of-126) of his total passes for 992 yards, eight touchdowns, one interception and a 99 passer rating. He’s 0-4 as a starter, though, and has consistently struggled during the second halves of games, while regularly failing to adjust to defensive blitzes.

“As far as being able to operate a two-minute situation, getting the ball out and not taking a sack was big. Getting the ball snapped in a timely fashion. Getting everything communicated was a big deal,” Keenum said.

He added: “Just getting completions, that was a big deal – not necessarily trying to make the big play all the time.”

Kubiak said postgame Sunday he pulled Keenum partly because the Texans needed to run their hurry-up offense. Monday, Kubiak stressed that the former undrafted rookie is prepared to handle two-minute situations.

“You guys don’t understand and I’m trying to explain to you—let me try one more time,” Kubiak said. “I’m fine with Case in a two-minute situation. What I was doing, calling the game and some of the decisions, I made to go with to try and help the quarterback out and the offensive line out. It was fixing to be very difficult. It was fixing to be very fast for a young guy who has never been through it. That’s why I did what I did.”

Asked if he regrets the decision to insert Schaub, Kubiak said he does not.

“Actually, I think I was really thinking of (Keenum) to be honest with you,” Kubiak said. “I’ve been in this league a long time and dealt with a lot of quarterbacks. I’m trying to develop one right now. Right or wrong, I made that decision because of the situation I thought I was fixing to put a young player in from my standpoint of what I was doing coaching wise. I don’t have time to explain that to y’all. That’s why I do what I did. He knows that. I talked to him about that.”